- Italcementi
Infobox_Company
company_name = Italcementi
company_
company_type = Public (ISE|IT0001465159|IT)
foundation = 1864
location =Bergamo ,Italy
key_people = Carlo Pesenti (CEO),
num_employees = 23,500 (2008)
industry =Building Materials
products = Cement Ready-mix Concrete
revenue = €6,1 billion (2007)
net_income =
assets =
homepage = [http://www.italcementi.it/ www.italcementi.it]
intl = yesItalcementi is an Italian company, quoted on the
Borsa Italiana , which producescement ,ready-mix concrete andconstruction aggregate s. It is the 5th largest cement producer in the world (AfterLafarge ,Holcim ,Cemex andHeidelbergCement ) and the biggest in the Mediterranean area.Operating regions
Italcementi's global presence include the 22 countries of
Albania ,Belgium ,Bulgaria ,China ,Canada ,Cyprus ,Egypt ,France ,Gambia ,Greece ,India ,Italy ,Kazakhstan ,Kuwait ,Morocco ,Mauritania ,Saudi Arabia ,Spain ,Sri Lanka ,Thailand ,Turkey and theUnited States .Group's Businesses
It has a staff of more than 20,000 employees, of which 400 are engaged in technical support and research activities. Its annual sales are over 6 billion Euros.
Over 60% of its sales come from the cement sector which is combined with the production of ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. It boasts of a global network including 62 cement plants (cement + clinker 48.1 MT), 12 grinding centers, 4 terminals (one of which is also a grinding center), 570 concrete batching units (20.8 Mm³) and 152 quarries aggregate quarries (56.7 MT)
History
1864 : Foundation of Italcementi inBergamo ,Italy .
In1992 it underwent internationalisation following the acquisition of Ciments Français. Since1998 it has further expanded through acquisitions of new cement works in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Morocco, India, Egypt and the United States.The Italcementi Group is based in the town of Bergamo, in northern Italy.
External links
* [http://www.italcementi.it/eng Corporate website] (in english)
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